The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 333

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Chapter 333

Episode 333.

About 1 hour after leaving the audience chamber.

Dohyun, who had arrived at the Deep Field Hunting Ground, was smiling.

With a brighter face than ever before.

-No, what the hell did you get that’s making you like this, Owner? Look at those nostrils flaring.

-Rizariza.

-Hmm, it looked like an ordinary stone to me… but it must have been something precious that we don’t know about.

-Ugh, even when I ask, your nostrils just get bigger and it’s frustrating to death.

-Risa…

Jihad’s frustration only grew as Dohyun refused to tell them for a whole hour, but Dohyun never explained until the end.

Seeing is believing.

He thought it would be most effective to show them directly.

And now that opportunity had finally come.

‘This is amazing, really.’

The Imperial Family’s treasure.

It was a small stone.

It looked exactly like those pebbles commonly rolling around on the street.

The only difference was that faint patterns were drawn like cracks between the black-covered exterior.

Anyone would wonder how such a thing could be an Imperial Family treasure, but Dohyun could answer with certainty.

[House of Arnis Imperial Treasure – ???]

[Grade: Legend (Relic)]

[Description: A precious treasure passed down through generations in the House of Arnis.

Despite hundreds of years passing, no one could figure out what this stone’s identity was or what its proper name was.

Only that this stone possessed unique and mysterious abilities.

And only the Imperial Family’s prophecy that the Empire’s hero would become its owner has been passed down.]

[Substitute: Can exert the same effect as any material the user desires.]

-However, it can only substitute for materials and consumables.

Also, materials that exceed the grade or have significant mass differences cannot be substituted.

-The ‘Substitute’ option disappears after 3 uses. (0 / 3)

-Special events may occur when the true name is discovered.

‘To think such a cheat item existed.’

Even if you searched all of Godose, there would be few cheat items of this caliber.

The effect was that ridiculous.

‘Limited to materials and consumables, it can substitute for anything of Legend grade or below…’

This was different from Heavenly Transformation.

Unlike Heavenly Transformation which could only change into things it had devoured, this substituted for something else.

In other words, even without the desired item in hand, you could produce that item’s effect.

Like a joker card.

‘Legend-grade material items are more valuable than same-grade equipment in some ways.’

More accurately, they should be considered rare.

While they don’t have direct effects like equipment, special materials needed for high-level enhancement or materials for certain hidden quests often take months to obtain.

There were countless quest material items that couldn’t be obtained with money.

Not only that.

‘Most of those material items only drop in specific areas.’

If you don’t meet the conditions to reach those locations, you have to tearfully work on meeting the conditions first.

This was why ‘materials’ in Godose were synonymous with grinding.

The game company seemed to want exactly that based on their management style.

‘This is practically buying time and effort.’p>

Considering that ordinary people spend real money because they don’t want to invest that effort and time, this was incredible.

At least he had never heard of such an item existing before.

This meant that officially, only Dohyun would get to enjoy this.

‘And three whole times at that.’

With no reason to hesitate, Dohyun immediately began touching his equipment along with the Inheritance Stone.

[Using Inheritance Stone (Permanent).]

[Confirmed that both equipment pieces are the same Legend (Unique) grade.]

[Grade is too high for normal inheritance.]

[Special material ‘Mandra’ is required for inheritance.]

[‘Substitute’ option effect allows ‘House of Arnis Imperial Treasure – ???’ to substitute for ‘Mandra’.]

[Legend grade confirmed.]

[Conditions met.]

‘Mandra might be obtainable later even if not now, but…’

Being able to do work now that could only be done much later – could he resist that?

Dohyun wasn’t a man with that much patience.

Above all, for Dohyun who needed to grow quickly and progress through the main quest, time was gold.

It absolutely wasn’t because he was too tempted by the Black Wings option.

However, Dohyun’s romance… no, plan could not be fulfilled.

[Inheritance is canceled.]

“…?”

The inheritance was canceled with an unnecessarily cheerful notification.

‘What the…’

After being stunned by the unexpected situation for a moment.

Soon Dohyun nodded as if understanding the message that appeared.

[The equipment to be inherited, ‘Dark Knight’s Shadow Armor’, cannot display its full performance due to special restrictions.]

[Please proceed with inheritance after removing the restrictions.]

‘Ah…’

He remembered the text at the bottom of the Dark Knight’s Shadow Armor.

-You must wear the equipment for 24 hours to be recognized as the owner and have full performance activated.

Recalling that condition, Dohyun scratched his head.

‘If I had known this would happen, I should have worn it in advance.’

Anyway, since he confirmed that inheritance was possible, there was no need to be anxious.

This was truly just a matter of time.

[House of Arnis Imperial Treasure – ??? (Mandra)]

Fortunately, seeing ‘Mandra’ written next to the Imperial treasure, it seemed to definitely work by becoming ineffective after use.

Shaking off his disappointment, Dohyun immediately changed his equipment.

[Equipping Dark Knight’s Shadow Armor.]

[Equipment is recognizing owner.]

[Option usage unavailable, will become available 24 hours after equipping.]

-Ow… Something feels really unpleasant, Owner.

-Hmm.

-Ri, Risa… Rizariza.

Jihad immediately frowned and stepped back slightly.

Charlie and Eliza seemed to feel the same way, their reactions weren’t very pleasant either.

At that, Dohyun turned his gaze to the customization mirror.

“Looks cool though?”

The darkness subtly emanating from the imposing black armor looked quite cool.

It gave off a real final boss feeling.

While he was at it, when he changed the helmet to an actual helmet form instead of darkness, he looked exactly like a dark knight.

-Ugh. I find it a bit creepy, Owner. Look at that darkness writhing. You’re not going to summon a Draconic Abomination or something, right?

-It seems we should proceed with inheritance quickly, Master.

-Risa!

Seeing Charlie and Eliza chiming in agreement, Dohyun chuckled.

‘Well, it probably wasn’t a very pleasant memory for those guys.’

At least Charlie managed to get his revenge by landing a knife blow at the end.

Jihad and Eliza only had memories of getting knocked out from behind, so it was even worse for them.

-Ah, that’s a bit better.

-Risa.

Since the armor couldn’t be helped, when he conscientiously changed at least the helmet back to its dark form, the guys became much more comfortable.

It was while they were chatting and exchanging such trivial talk.

[‘Ast’ is requesting that you check your whisper messages.]

[You have unconfirmed messages.]

….

[You have unconfirmed messages.]

‘Ah.’

Seeing the suddenly appearing message, Dohyun frowned as if troubled.

Come to think of it, he seemed to have received tons of whisper messages, but he had been busy and put off checking them for later, then forgot about it.

‘She’s probably going crazy saying something again.’

Imagining Auntie asking if whisper messages were just decorations and being frustrated to death, he checked them.

Sure enough.

[Ast : Doomed City Quest? Black Knight Gariohn? Draconic Abomination? Oh my, what’s all this about? Don’t tell me this is connected to you?]

[Ast : Why isn’t this bastard saying anything? Looking at how things are flowing, it’ll be ruined if you don’t come, so where are you holed up doing what?]

[Ast : Damn it. I’m departing for now.]

[Ast : Wow, look at this guy catching it alone without saying a word. Kukkudakkukku and that Sword Master guy were rushing over in a hurry. Anyway, this kid never tells us anything. Well, it’s fortunate though. Good job, you bastard.]

….

[Ast : Hey, when whisper messages come, check them, will you? At least look at the messages sometimes. I really don’t understand why you don’t check….]

[Ast : Haa…. That Sword Master guy won’t listen because he’s meditating, and Kukkudakkukku disappeared again so I had a hard time finding him only to discover he was fighting. And you bastard just ignore me completely. Sigh, what’s my life. Why is everyone around me so stubborn as an ox. I’m like a nanny…. (continued)]

There were tons of whisper messages piled up since yesterday.

The whisper messages that started with worry went through despair, relief, and anger, finally reaching a state of enlightenment.

It felt like indirectly experiencing how diverse human emotional changes could be.

‘…Hmm. I should check them right away next time.’

Though he wasn’t sure if he could keep that promise, he made that resolution for now and sent a whisper message, which Ast immediately accepted.

[…Your reply is really fast.]

“Sorry, I was busy.”

[Of course… how could it be otherwise.]

“I’ll check next time. So what’s the matter, Auntie?”

At Auntie’s reaction of sighing deeply as if asking what was the point of saying anything, Dohyun tactfully changed the subject.

Fortunately, Ast also complied readily.

[At first I was anxious… I wanted to ask about this and that out of curiosity, but well, let’s talk about that later.]

Ast grumbled and moved on, then fell silent for a moment as if organizing her thoughts before asking.

[This city Quest. It’s related to you, right?]

“Right.”

[An immediate answer? Well, I figured as much.]

“What? You’re not as surprised as I thought.”

[Incidents that never happened before started occurring every other day after you returned, so is there another culprit besides you? That’s also a talent, you bastard. Anyway, my heart hasn’t been normal lately because of you.]

“….”

Hearing it put that way, it was true and he had no words to refute it.

During Godseeker’s 2-year history, half of the major incidents probably occurred in the 4 months since Dohyun started.

‘…I really have been causing a lot of trouble.’

At this point, he wondered if he himself might actually be the problem, but Dohyun had something to say too.

It wasn’t like Dohyun wanted it either; he was just semi-forcibly dragged into these situations.

To add one more thing, since the main Quest was only now being discovered, wasn’t it natural for many incidents to occur?

[…Let’s end the small talk here.]

Ast’s atmosphere, which had been rambling complaints, suddenly became serious.

Naturally, her voice lowered and continued.

[Did you hear about this update?]

“Update? I didn’t hear about it. Was there such news?”

[It was posted 2 hours ago. What you did this time was so large-scale that it’s getting somewhat buried… It’s truly unprecedented.]

“That much?”

Dohyun’s eyes also became serious.

It wasn’t simply because he was following Ast’s mood.

‘If Auntie calls it unprecedented, it’s definitely not ordinary.’

Though he had been with her for a long time, she rarely used the expression “unprecedented.”

For such an Auntie to use the term “unprecedented” meant it was big enough to change the game’s direction or trajectory.

That prediction was correct.

[New Continent large-scale update.]

“New Continent? How long has it been since we started attempting to conquer it?”

[It’s been quite a while. Even counting from when we started conquering it in earnest, it’s been over half a year.]

“Ah, right.”

[Well, it’s understandable that you’d feel it hasn’t been long. There weren’t really any proper gains, so it felt more like pioneering.]

That was also the reason Dohyun could compete with the Top 10 Guilds.

Essentially, except for transcendence, materials and some equipment that could only be obtained from the New Continent, there wasn’t much difference from Dohyun.

But from now on, things would be different.

[From now on, the Non-Human Races will start moving. They’ll give Quests too, and new content related to Labyrinth Dungeons and Non-Human Races will open.]

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